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So I am doing a series of posts on Gradience Software, specifically their supervisor handbook software. Now I have always been open here so I will say that they contacted me first but I am glad they did. I have been wanting to put together a supervisor handbook for some time and they have a [...]

This one is from the mailbag:
Two years ago, I took a leave of absence and shortly thereafter
resigned from my job as an elementary principal after two years in
the position due to stress and a bad situation with a teacher that
was getting worse.  One year earlier, I had had successful
surgery/treatment for a cancer (melanoma) . [...]

The ultimate bargaining chip isn’t that “they have to get you a salary in the job offer” as that is assuming you will receive one. The ultimate bargaining chip that you may or may not get an offer. And if you’re playing salary games in the interview process, what’s to make me believe that you won’t play other games. Give me a reason I shouldn’t believe your entire persona is based on an ego that requires having the upper hand in order to play ball.

From the mailbag:
I was recently let go from a company for not disclosing some information from my background. The company has allowed me to use them as a future reference as this job was an internship and my cut off date was approaching. Since then, I have been job searching for approximately three weeks now. [...]

Here’s one from the mailbag:
Hi, I went to a pretty good university and graduated with a degree in human resources. The problem, I took some time off after I graduated to travel and work at places that offered flexible hours (i.e. waitressing, part-time marketing). I’ve tried talking to the career center at my school and [...]